Measles exposure tracked to Spring Valley grocery

10:59 PM,
May 23, 2013

Written by

James O?Rourke

Rockland County health officials on Thursday warned that shoppers at a Maple Avenue grocery could be at high risk for exposure to measles.

The county Department of Health confirmed that one person has contracted the illness. The person was at the Hatzlacha Grocery Store, 126 Maple Ave., on Wednesday afternoon.

Officials urged pregnant women, those with children under 6 months, immunocompromised or immunosuppressed individuals, and those without a measles vaccination who may have been in the grocery between 1:30 and 4:30 p.m. Wednesday to contact a doctor immediately. ...